Description

The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international achievement measure that assesses 15-year-old student performance in the areas of reading, mathematics, and science literacy in over 70 countries and economies triennially. By presenting an in-depth examination of PISA’s role in education governance and policy discourses, this book provides the reader with a critical analysis of the educational change process within our increasingly global educational policy environment. Exploring the prominent socio-political drivers of large-scale educational reform across the globe, chapter authors examine PISA’s national and global implications from a diverse range of regional contexts. Through the presentation of cross-disciplinary viewpoints and topical issues related to the PISA international survey, this volume explains the degree to which PISA-focused research is linked to national educational policy discourses and international education agendas.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction

Chapter 1: PISA, Policy, and Global Educational Governance

(Louis Volante and Xavier Fazio)

Part II: Conceptual and Methodological Issues

Chapter 2: Problematizing the Expansion of PISA’s Explanatory Power

(Clara Morgan)

Chapter 3: The Dialectical Impact of PISA on International Educational Discourse and National Education Reform

(Alexander W. Wiseman and Budi Waluyo)

Chapter 4: Measurement and Evaluation Issues with PISA

(Harvey Goldstein)

Part III: Topical Issues within National and Transnational Contexts

Chapter 5: Shanghai-China and the Emergence of a Global Reference Society

About the Editor

About the Series

The Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics series aims to enhance our understanding of key challenges and facilitate on-going academic debate within the influential and growing field of Education Policy and Politics.